Had to give it three stars as the item, a disk drive, was faulty. Amazon's returns policy is really good though and a new drive is on the way. I have four of these Lacie drives working on my system and this is the first one that has gone wrong for me and I have had no problems with Lacie products in...

I like that the thunderbolt and USB-C connection will work when I finally upgrade to a new Mac after my laptop, a late 2011 Macbook Pro finally croaks, though it's just slow, not really failing. I bought two of these and rotate them as A & B time machine backup drives. I sleep well at night.

no not really too slow

works well; is very portable

i cannot get the thunderbolt connection up in speed

With a shock-absorbing sleeve the LaCie Rugged USB 3 Thunderbolt Series combines a sturdy design with good performance, as well as USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt interfaces. Here's our LaCie Rugged USB 3 Thunderbolt Series review.

Used as a library drive with Final Cut Pro X - idea for that purpose and love that the Thunderbolt cable is built in and can't be lost!

Built-in Tb Cable; Durable; Great Features; Massive Capacity

Not cheap

I have two of these for my photos in conjunction with Lightroom, one for backup to keep in second location. I love it's durability and portabilty.

Fast, flexible, rugged, and affordable, the LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt is one of the best high-end portable drives on the market.

The LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt offers great performance; USB 3.0 support; and is rugged and competitively priced.

The LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt offers just one Thunderbolt port and its SSD version offers only 120GB of storage space.

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Speedy SSD; Thunderbolt Interface; USB 3.0; Both USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt cable included; Ruggedized to take commuting abuse; SSD can be moved while in use; Easy setup utility

Still pricey on a GB per dollar basis

We take a look at the Rugged, a portable Thunderbolt solution from LaCie. Read on as Tyler tells us all about the 500GB SSD version and what it can do.

This drive is very easy to use. I store music applications with their contents on it. It's works as expected, although not as fast as an SSD drive. I use it with a MacBook Pro. Note: there's only one TB connection, so you can't daisy chain it.